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hell no. bodily functions like that keep us alive. for example, if you put your arm in a furnace but felt no pain, you would get third degree burns and fuck up your appendage, possibly your life.

or what about that kid who has some disease that causes her to feel no pain. this girl was poking her eyes and biting her tongue and lips so much her parents had her wearing gloves and swim goggles everywhere

hell no. bodily functions like that keep us alive. for example, if you put your arm in a furnace but felt no pain, you would get third degree burns and fuck up your appendage, possibly your life.

or what about that kid who has some disease that causes her to feel no pain. this girl was poking her eyes and biting her tongue and lips so much her parents had her wearing gloves and swim goggles everywhere

The article/interview suggests to replace pain with a different stimulus, so even though we might not feel pain, we'll somehow know when it occurs but through a different and less "painful" experience. if that makes sense.

I find this very interesting (reminds me of the bad guy from The World is Not Enough) but also very disturbing, and I think that that's only natural. The interviewee makes some good points, but he seems slightly overly optimistic and naive to me. He obviously wants a better world for people and animals (white people, smh), and that's a good thing. But I think that this would only drastically change the world, not neccessarily make it better. Humans are naturally "evil" (for a lack of a better word), and very little is going to change that regardless.

Also, I don't think that other forms of pain and suffering like emotional and psychological pain will be affected. They may even be exacerbated. Picture someone stabbing you, and he and you both know that you can't feel the pain, but you still clearly see and know that your flesh is being torn apart and you have no idea if you're going to die or not because you can't really gauge your pain in the natural sense. So I don't think that this kind of technology gets rid of fear, so sadists will unfortantely still be in business.

This world is already full of pussies and punks. The experience of pain makes you tough. Getting rid of pain will usher in a whole generation of weak people. And also think of how this would change sports (like boxing). Or how war will be changed. When we stray away from nature, we can only expect disaster. So to eliminating pain, I say no. But the interviewee rightfully says that each of us should be free to choose whether we want to or not, so it's not my choice to decide for others. Some will say yes. That's the price of freedom.

hell no. bodily functions like that keep us alive. for example, if you put your arm in a furnace but felt no pain, you would get third degree burns and fuck up your appendage, possibly your life.

or what about that kid who has some disease that causes her to feel no pain. this girl was poking her eyes and biting her tongue and lips so much her parents had her wearing gloves and swim goggles everywhere

hell no is exactly what i wanted to say aint read the rest...but just yea i saw that with the girl i think....real bad

but i was thinkin about other shit like bad people gettin the pain they deserve

Pain is a good thing actually, it's a warning sign that something is not right. Also, some people enjoy a little bit of pain, so eliminating it entirely would not make for a very happy population overall. When we are in pain, our body is telling us that we need to change something or go to the doctor.

MissK indirectly mentioned it...the same neurological system that produces pleasure is the same fibres that provides us pain, so it only makes sense not to reduce or eliminate pain, for it'll also dissipate our pleasure.

I've always wondered why humans can't just turn it off. Essentially, all pain is is an alarm. Once you're aware of the the condition, there is no reason for the alarm to keep going. It would be kinda cool, if we had more control over how much pain we felt. Even if we couldn't just turn it off, it would be nice to be able to turn it down without having to resort to drugs.